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Hawk Rock

Hawk Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Hawk Rock rises to 319 m in Pennsylvania. Bowers Mountain stands 640 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Noye Park, a park 1.0 miles away. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49035337, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
319 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.37594, -77.03930

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Noye Park: 1.0 mi
  • Rye Community Park: 4.4 mi
  • Detweiler Park: 5.6 mi
  • Dauphin Middle Paxton Park: 5.6 mi
  • Lions Park: 5.6 mi
Peaks: 51
  • Cove Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Half Falls Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Trimmers Rock: 7.8 mi
  • Berry Mountain: 9.3 mi
  • Wolf Rock Hill: 10.8 mi
Museums: 22
Artworks: 20
  • Circle of Peace: 8.4 mi
  • Dance of Eternal Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Andrew Curtin statue: 10.1 mi
  • Lion Statue: 10.5 mi
  • River Cow: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 19
Nature reserves: 15
Springs: 11
  • The Big Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Pine Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Rowland Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 21.1 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 23.7 mi
  • Blain Picnic Grounds: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Concrete Beach: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hawk Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bowers MountainWSW640 m22.3 mi
Flat RockWSW578 m21.4 mi
Short MountainNE500 m21.8 mi
Stony MountainENE491 m19.6 mi
Third MountainENE488 m12.5 mi
Buck Ridge TowerSSW488 m24.1 mi
Long MountainSSW479 m20.3 mi
Hammonds RocksSSW462 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:20
June solstice05:3920:0120:42
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2816:0216:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516171757365534234
Precip in2.92.83.93.94.04.04.84.34.63.82.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1201452 — Hawk Rock, Blair County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357344463

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